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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

FM(U)otW(aolcb) is the web version of the MUSSEL Project Database. Follow the links to browse the data or use the custom Google search field. Either way, you win!

The nominal species (available and otherwise) in this synonymy are listed by usage rather than strictly by publication date. The primary sorting order is by the most recent year (since 1969) that the species name was treated as valid, and then nominal species are sorted secondarily by publication year.

The taxonomic history of the valid species (since 1900) is listed at the bottom of the page.

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Unionoidea | Unionidae | Unioninae | Anodontini | Alasmidontina | Platynaias

species Platynaias decorata (Lea, 1852): nominal species
     3 specimens available.

Unio decoratus Lea, 1852
Lea, 1852, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 10 [O. 5]: 257, pl. 13, fig. 6.
Lea, 1852, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 5: 251. [nomen nudum]
Type(s): LECTOTYPE USNM_83972, Abbeville, S. Carolina.

Unio decoratusLea (1852), Conrad (1853), Sowerby (1868), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) decoratusLea (1852), Lea (1870)
Unio (Metaptera) decoratusAdams & Adams (1857)
Symphynota (s.s.) decorataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) decorataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridisR.I. Johnson (1970)
Lasmigona subviridisBurch (1975)
Lasmigona decorataTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), Bogan (2002), ..., Inoue et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Lasmigona decoratusTurgeon et al. (1998)

Unio charlottensis Lea, 1863
Lea, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 15: 191.
Lea, 1866, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 6 [O. 11]: 8 [12], pl. 2, fig. 5.
Type(s): HOLOTYPE USNM_85402, near Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina.

Unio charlottensisLea (1863), Lea (1866), B.H. Wright (1888)
Margaron (Unio) charlottensisLea (1870)
Symphynota (s.s.) charlottensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) charlottensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridisR.I. Johnson (1970)
Lasmigona subviridisBurch (1975)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) decorataClarke (1985)

Unio insolidus Lea, 1872
Lea, 1872, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 24: 159.
Lea, 1874, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. 8 [O. 13]: 40 [44], pl. 13, fig. 37.
Type(s): FIGURED SYNTYPE USNM_83974, Irwin’s Cr., Mechlenburg Co., N.C.

Unio insolidusLea (1872), B.H. Wright (1888)
Symphynota (s.s.) decorataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) decorataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969), Clarke (1985)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridisR.I. Johnson (1970)
Lasmigona subviridisBurch (1975)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Symphynota (s.s.) decorataSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Symphynota (s.s.) charlottensisSimpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) decorataFrierson (1927), Haas (1969), Clarke (1985), Graf & Cummings (2007)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) charlottensisFrierson (1927), Haas (1969)
Lasmigona (Platynaias) subviridisR.I. Johnson (1970)
Lasmigona subviridisBurch (1975)
Lasmigona decorataTurgeon et al. (1988), Williams et al. (1993), IUCN (1996), Bogan (2002), ..., Inoue et al. (2018), Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023)
Lasmigona decoratusTurgeon et al. (1998)

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